
Langer Rede kurzer Sinn: Sheiza ist ein beeindruckendes Debüt gelungen, das richtig Spaß macht. Manch andere Band wäre froh eine solch bombastische EP als Album veröffentlichen zu können, was mich nur noch neugieriger auf ein Album dieser Formation macht.
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Even before only one single note is played, Sheiza impress with their filed and professional appearance on Myspace™. The concept sounds promising. Sheiza`s goal is to express future musically. In this future there is nothing than acid fallout, by nukes poisoned areas and witnesses of destruction. A bleak, burdensome landscape is spreading in front of you. Adequate to this subject the EP starts with a song titled “The Rise of Enola Gay”. Enola Gay is the B-29 bomber dropping the first ever in a war used nuke on Hiroshima in 1945. The voice of a radio operator and a wild flight welcome you. Even during the flight the mood is keen, aggressive and charged. Sheiza manage to transfer these emotions musically perfect shining with a pushing drumming, by Post Rock inspired, distorted guitarriffs/baselines and artful used samples. This is valid for the whole record. “Nevergone…From a Place in our Heads” catches up the atmosphere of the first song and continues it. More and more anxiety and tension is added to the song. A hoarse voice is telling something while the riffs are becoming darker. At this point the band did a great job and just played what was necessary to communicate this impression of nightmarish pictures of destruction and assess this picture in the listeners head. The next song is titled “Shame”. Without doubt it`s not about shame in form of embarrassment, it`s about angry and regretful shame. The song keeps jumping between quiet, clean melodies and pushing, fat riffs supported by bass and drums. On “Shining” this change between riffing and melody is supported by howling and buzzing synthesizers. The mood now get`s a dramatic touch. More and more synthesizers are used – later also samples of voices – to keep up the menace, foretelling disaster. Musically this is achieved by lots of changes always fitting perfect. At the end the song keeps on growing and peaks in the beginning of the last song “A Hundred Thousand Volts”. This song starts with quiet drones and a discreet guitar melody. Billowing and buzzing appears from every side. Slowly the drum joins. The symbiosis of baseline and drumming is impressive. They are powerful pushing the song forward; meanwhile the melody stays the same. The bursts do have a touch of math because of the staccato parts. Overall Sheiza once more show their skills and squeeze out everything that’s left on energy and power. The song keeps on pushing with more and more tension added. Then a final burst. End.
To make a long story short: Sheiza recorded an impressive debut, which is really fun to listen to. Some other bands would be glad to be able to release such a bombastic EP as album, which makes me even more excited about a full length recording in the future.